ScotlandinUNISON BOURNEMOUTH 2010 NATIONAL DELEGATE CONFERENCE BRIEFINGS small Russian colony at The shopping streets in Southbourne meant that Bournemouth are mainly A brief history several well-known Russian pedestrianised and, close to authors passed through the the town centre, the district of Bournemouth town, notably Tolstoy. of Westbourne provides an excellent selection of ournemouth has a pop- Shopping designer clothes and interi- ulation of 164,600, that’s The town's main shopping is B or design shops. 1,156 more than the last centred around time we were here, making Bournemouth's gardens and Nearby Boscombe has an it the largest settlement in spreads in several direc- enormous shopping street Dorset.The town was tions, either side of the and this includes many founded by Lewis small Bourne river. Full of national brands and smaller Tregonwell in 1810 and many national brands, such shops, antiques shops and grew steadily and became a as Argos, Beales, BHS, Boots, fashion boutiques. proper town in 1870 when Borders, Debenhams, the railway came. Dingles, Habitat, Marks and Since 1997 the town has Spencer and WHSmith, been administered by a uni- Bournemouth also has tary authority. Obscure. numerous smaller shops, The town is the home of In James Herbert's horror offering some of the best the Bournemouth novel The Fog, the entire shopping in this area. International Centre and is population of Bournemouth There are several modern also home to several finan- runs into the sea and shopping malls, galleries and cial companies including drowns in a mass suicide. It Victorian arcades. JPMorgan Chase, is also mentioned in Roald Nationwide Building Society, Dahl's The Witches. Some wifi hotspots In Bournemouth Liverpool Victoria and The Grave of writer Mary Edwards 19-21 Exeter Standard Life Healthcare. Shelley is in Bournemouth Road Cricketers Arms 41 In a 2007 survey by First as is the heart of husband Inferno 38 Holdenhurst Windham Road Road Direct Bank, Percy Bysshe Shelley. Jumpin Jaks The Waterfront Bournemouth was found Malt & Hops 147 Tapp & Hobbit 23/27 J.R.R.Tolkien spent 30 Parkwood Road to be the happiest place Bourne Avenue years taking holidays in Hilton - Bournemouth in Britain with 82% of Branksome Arms 152-154 Bournemouth and eventual- Westover Road Commercial Road people questioned saying ly retired to the area. Litten Tree Old Gulliver's 1492 Wimbourne they were happy with Oscar Wilde and Paul Christchurch Road Road their life. Verlaine both taught at Brasshouse 8-9 Westover Sharkies 215A Old Politics Bournemouth prep schools. Road Christchurch Road Edward VII is said to have Dolphin Hotel 316 Pines 475 Wimborne Road Bournemouth Borough Holdenhurst Road Council is made up political- had his secret meetings with The Athelstan 137-139 Cransley Hotel 11 Cranleigh Road ly as follows:- Lillie Langtry here. Knyveton Road Conservative (37, three Crown & Sceptre Robert Louis Stevenson Moon In The Square 4/6 Broadhurst Avenue down on last time) Exeter Road wrote most of his novel Fiveways Hotel 423 Liberal Democrat (9) "Kidnapped" from his house Cooper Dean Arms Castle Charminster Road Lane East Independent (5) "Skerryvore" on the west The Bell 915 Christchurch Labour (3) cliff, after coming to O'Neills 227-229 Old Road Christchurch Road Literary links Bournemouth becase of its Portman Hotel 97 Ashley health resort reputation. Sir Percy Florence Shelley Road Bournemouth Bournemouth appears as 673/675 Christchurch Road UK_Texaco Service Station Sandbourne in Thomas Tony Hancock and Spyglass & Kettle 25-27 Stuart Granger lived in Stourwood Avenue Holdenhurst Road Star Hardy's novels and the Sstn, 341-345 Holdenhurst town also features in The Bournmouth. Popular local Bar Vin 165 Old Rd Well-Beloved and Jude the legend also notes that a Christchurch PUBLIC www.unison-scotland.org.uk/conf2010 NATIONAL DELEGATE CONFERENCE BRIEFINGS. PRODUCED BY SCOTTISH COMMUNICATIONS Scotland WORKS: & CAMPAIGNS COMMITTEE IN CONJUNCTION WITH REGIONAL DELEGATES.